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In 1897, he was assigned to the Russian Orthodox mission to Japan, under Bishop Nicholas (Kasatkin), later known as St. [[Nicholas of Japan]], to assist in the missionary work that he began in 1861. [[Hieromonk]] Andronik was very surprised by this assignment and felt inadequate for the position, but ultimately he accepted it as God's will. His journey began in St. Petersburg on [[September 21]], 1897, and then continued from Odessa with Archimandrite [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius (Stragorodsky)]] on [[October 26]]. Traveling through European countries and the U.S.A. then on to Japan, they arrived in Japan on [[December 26]]. He wrote and published a book about this journey, ''A Missionary Journey to Japan'' (Kazan, 1899).

On [[November 5]], 1906, Andronik was consecrated [[bishop]] of Kyoto and assistant to Bp. Nicholas. He was the first bishop of Kyoto, which is the seat of the West Japan diocese of the Orthodox [[Church of Japan]]. Although Bishop Andronik was the bishop of Kyoto, he lived in nearby Osaka which, while it then was the second largest city in Japan, was also the area where most Orthodox faithful lived. After he arrived in Osaka, he began to feel ill and found performing his duties difficult. After serving in Osaka for three months he asked leave to resign and to depart from Japan, and on [[May 27]], 1907, he left Japan and returned to Russia. There he was assigned on [[October 26]] to be the deputy to Bishop Eulogius of Kholm. In 1908, he was assigned as bishop of Tikhvin in Novgorod diocese.